Welcome back to live coverage of Hurricane Sandy. It is set to make landfall in new jersey. They will take the full force. The effects are being felt all along the coast. Streets are rapidly flooding around the boardwalk in atlantic city. I have seen some pictures on twitter were the streets and look like rivers. They are really taking a pounding. Starting at 6 00 tonight, travel restrictions are in place in baltimore city. Only Emergency Personnel are permitted on the road. Were going to check on the latest on the storm with Tom Tasselmyer. The center is rapidly approaching new jersey. 90mile an hour wind is still estimated. It has not lost street. It is maintaining tropical characteristics right up to landfall. The forecast traffic is expected to take the storm system through the delaware bay through Northern Maryland to the mountains. Whatever is left is coming our way in the next six to 12 hours. Rainfall has been substantial and is likely to get heavier. You see these spiraling ba
Emerges. We start with this morning, nbcs jay gray. Reporter anger and emotion boiling over again in baltimore. To this point theres been no answer to their question and very little information. We have exhausted every lead at this point in time. Reporter as the task force investigating freddie grays death turned over findings to state prosecutors, Police Acknowledge the van transported gray the day he was severely injured, made four stops on the way to the police substation, not three as they originally indicated. This new stop was discovered from a privately owned camera. Reporter a report in the Washington Post citing a sealed Police Document says a prisoner briefly in the van can gray heard him banging against the walls and he was intentionally trying to injure himself. Donte allen was the man on the other side of the van wall. He said he never saw gray and all he heard was. Boom, boom, this little banging. He also denies ever trying to say gray was trying to heard himself. Instead
Nightly news. Reporting tonight lester holt. Good evening. We begin tonight with breaking news baltimore where hundreds are gathering in protest at this hour outside a police station. Outrage over the death of a man who suffered a spinal injury while in police custody. Six officers have been suspended and there is late word the feds are now getting involved in the case. Nbcs tom costello starts us off tonight from baltimore. Reporter tonight, the Justice Department has announced its opening its own investigation into how 25yearold freddie gray suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody. On the streets of baltimore demonstrators have been peaceful, but determined to get answers. I have a son. And i would never wa this to happen to my son. Reporter gray family attorney billy murphy wants t why freddie gray was being chased in the first place. The man was arrested for literally running while black, or as we also jokingly on the inside say felony running. Reporter just over the
Helicopter has made an Emergency Landing at an Elementary School in alexandria. Heres a picture the School District just tweeted out. It shows the helicopter that landed on the field there next to the Playing Field at William Ramsay Elementary School. They say no kids were on the field at the time but as you can see in the tweet there, it says the kids are heading out now to take a look at it. Alexandria Police Tweeted it is a u. S. Air force helicopter that had mechanical difficulties and that no one was hurt. We have a photojournalist on the way there and well have more information as we get it. Thank you, kristen. Now to that developing story in nepal. Members of the Fairfax County urban searchandrescue team helped pull a teen from the rubble five days after that catastrophic earthquake. News 4s molette green just spoke with the Fairfax County fire chief. Shes joining us live from the air oaks fire station on more on what the chief said and the rescue. Molette . Reporter melissa, go
But getting stronger. You see the bottom right hahan corner the circulation. About 250 to 300 miles eastsoutheast of ocean city and moving north. So it wont come up the Chesapeake Bay and that is good news. We were concerned about that a couple of days ago but it looks like it will come onshore in new jersey. We could see heavy rain on the Eastern Shore counties right now with lighter rain in the with respect suburbs. At the airport you see winds are not terrible around baltimore. North wind eight up to about 20 miles an hour gusting. They will pick up this morning and this afternoon. The worse part of the storm will be this afternoon and this evening. By the time we get there the rain will be much heavier, wind gusts 30 to 40 miles an hour by this evening 40 to 60 miles an hour as the storm comes onshore in new jersey. Cold comes in tomorrow. Snow is likely in parts of maryland. Blizzard warnings are in effect in gerarrett county. We will talk more about there and i will take you step